Sony Explains (Poorly) Why Only PS3 Can Do God of War III

[FROGGEman2]

Sony.

Stop overcompensating.

 

[Hamster at Dawn]

MS might as well say that Gears of War 3 wouldn't be possible on a PS3 because the PS3 can't generate enough different shades of gray.

 

[Lynxan]

Do I think the Xbox can handle this whole "eye focusing on the light thing?" Of course it can. Not for what I think is a better question, is this bit going to be something that anyone is going to care about in the game? To be honest, nope. Last I checked God of War is about the bliss of ripping mythical beasts apart with your bear hands and making the view go fuzzy every time you walk into different light seems like at best is nothing, at worst can be something that will detract from being able to play it well.

 

[kevfactor]

while it's just a low punch to the 360, sony is forgetting about the pc. after playing crysis maxed out it actually pains me to play the consoles but i got to because the main game releases for the pc are 3 year old games rerlaunched on steam hehe.

i really wish sony would make an effort to port more to the pc like microsoft has been doing. i really love to see how good games like this and uncharted 2 would be on the pc.

 

[Aurora219]

"The dynamic lighting solution employed in GOW III is only feasible through the computing power provided by the Cell SPUs," said Backhouse. "For example, using the High Dynamic Range Lighting (HDRL) technology, the camera - when using Kratos' sightline - will emulate the human retina, causing players to feel a sharp brightness when Kratos exits a dark area and enters a sunlit area, similar to how the human eye would need to adjust."

Not only does this have little to no effect on gameplay (unless Kratos will be spending most of the game from a first-person view repeatedly entering dark and bright areas, which I doubt)...

This would work well for a Mario game, don't you think? All those pipes.. and tunnels.. and castles...

MS might as well say that Gears of War 3 wouldn't be possible on a PS3 because the PS3 can't generate enough different shades of gray.

This is likely true. I never knew there were so many greys in the world before GoW2. To render them all must be a hexidecimal nightmare! (Sony ARE still making games in HTML/ASCII, right?)

 

[VanityGirl]

Because when I'm mindlessly slaughtering people, I think "I want my lighting to look juuuust right."

 

[RollForInitiative]

"The dynamic lighting solution employed in GOW III is only feasible through the computing power provided by the Cell SPUs," said Backhouse. "For example, using the High Dynamic Range Lighting (HDRL) technology, the camera - when using Kratos' sightline - will emulate the human retina, causing players to feel a sharp brightness when Kratos exits a dark area and enters a sunlit area, similar to how the human eye would need to adjust."

Wasn't it Resident Evil 5 that did the exact same thing?

 

[Mexican89]

I love ps3, but yes i agree that is a horrible point to make. But i do believe that the ps3 could handle way more than the 360. it has 8 graphics processors, 7 of which are used for gaming. The 360 doesnt have anywhere near that amount of processing power.

 

[AndyVale]

I'm probably gonna get flamed for PC Elitism, but HDR has been in quite a lot of PC games for several years now. The cell processor is not necessary.

Gabe Newell gladly shows it off in the audio commentary for Half-Life: Lost Coast, which was many moons ago.

 

[Sion_Barzahd]

i have yet to see a game that is PS3 exclusive that wouldn't be possible to port over to 360.
i've considered buying one of those hulking black terrors but i just can't bring myself to do it, i know sony will screw me over somehow.

 

[jason27131]

Well, considering the top end computer rig of today could easily eat ps3's for breakfast, lunch and dinner with power to spare, I'd say Sony's argument is total bullshit.

They're running on processors and graphic cards 4 years old, and until you can run crysis on the ps3 looking as great is it does on the pc, don't come boasting about "power".

And uh

I love ps3, but yes i agree that is a horrible point to make. But i do believe that the ps3 could handle way more than the 360. it has 8 graphics processors, 7 of which are used for gaming. The 360 doesnt have anywhere near that amount of processing power.

PS3 only has ONE GRAPHIC CARD. The "RSX" GPU in the PS3 is literally a 7900GT at 550MHz with 8 ROPs disabled, and only 256MB of DDR3 1400MHz on a 128-bit memory bus. The Xbox 360 graphic card on the other hand, is more comparable to a x1950GT, which actually is a bit better than the 7900GT, which means the xbox 360 graphic card is way more superior than the ps3. The reason why the ps3 graphics look better is because the processor it uses can also be used to generate graphics, like a secondary graphics card.

 

[mrdude2010]

Really, the only diff between the systems is the Blu-Ray and how they market themselves. Sony likes to say that the PS3 does "Everything", yet it isn't backwards compatable, has less than robust online play, and if "Everything" means "Also hard to program for", then they are right.

XBox isn't backwards compatible either.

Hey guys, thers this thing called... damn, keep forgetting... oh yes! "Personal Computer" or "PC" for short. And I hear it can be more powerful than PS3. So if we go by your logic, should not GOW3 be a PC exclusive since it is so frigging heavy on a hardware?

I think they're trying to appeal to a larger market by going on a console. It's just good business. Not everyone can afford the super-computer that's required for modern gaming graphics, but consoles are relatively cheap comparatively.

"XBox isn't backwards compatible either. "

Yes it is actually

 

[Programmed_For_Damage]

I think Bayonetta may have taken some of the wind out of GoW3's sails (and potentially its sales) in terms of gameplay. It'll be interesting to see if people still give as much of a shit around May. Sure gore is a bit of a selling point but if it doesn't handle slick just throw it on the pile for me. Plus the footage I've seen of it doesn't look half as impressive as Uncharted 2 (which is very nice indeed).

 

[mambodog]

Its hilarious that they hold up graphics as something that the PS3 can do better, when in fact the PS3 has less powerful graphics hardware than the 360 or the average PC gamer's system. If they want to show off something that 'only the PS3 can do' it should be a game with complex AI, huge numbers of AI characters at once, and detailed physics. These are highly thread-able CPU based calculations, that could actually put the Cell to some use. A gaming PC with a quad core i7 would still trounce the Cell though, but (nearly) no-one makes AAA PC exclusives these days.

 

[CroutonsOfDeath]

HDR is an industry standard, even the Wii uses it on occasion, look at Super Mario Galaxy! Besides.... God of War 1 & 2 both had light blooming! There was another argument by one of the Sony spokespeople that said GoW 3 can't be done on any other system because apparently Kratos' model is too high res to fit in any other systems ram. I don't know what is more troubling, the silliness of that statement or the idea that the GoW team is really really excited about showing off every pock and scar on Kratos' body. Eww.

 

[SenseOfTumour]

Why can't these people run these quotes past maybe one normal person before they go to press?

Couldn't God of War 3 be on the damn DS if they scaled the graphics down?

I just wish more of the power of the latest consoles was put toward innovation in gaming, making new styles of gameplay and making gaming more interesting. From what I can see GT5 is a shiny GT1, GOW3 is a shiny GOW1, and Halo 3 is Halo 1 - shiny edition.

So Kratos' model is too high res... so make a lower res version.

PC developers have managed that wild concept for the past...forever.

Hey, my game runs like crap at 1920x1080 with HDR, 16x AA, etc!

So..run it at 1024x768 and lower the damn sliders, oh look same game, slightly less pretty, exact same experience.

I believe the companies are FAR more obsessed with graphics than most gamers are, and its another reason for WOW's success, they use artists to make the game look good, not raw processing power, allowing millions to play, instead of the top 2% of gaming PCs.

 

[Kenjitsuka]

The PC had High Dynamic Range Lighting since the Ice age, Sony...
I own a PS3, PC and 360, and from all of those it's always Sony that is selling bullcrap that annoys me.
Sigh...

 

[Sh0ckFyre]

"Only the PS3 can do God of War 3 because we did a special effect that every other game, post-2005 has utilized!"

The more obvious explanation would be that its a system exclusive, they own the IP, or they are some form of fan boy trying to stick it to Bill Gates.

 

[SendMeNoodz84]

Alright Sony, cut it out with the "360 can't do it!!1" bullshit. You know damn well the 360 could do it as well, now give me GoW 3.

 

[PezNic]

/agree, clearly the PC couldn't possibly achieve the level of detail that a 5 year old console can. Especially considering that it uses a feature that has been in use for years now.......